To me, this movie is perfection.

Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

Highly Overrated But Still Good

Expected more

Brilliant Anime anthology.Not a dud in the bunch. All 9 stories are excellent and could easily hold up on their own.'Starlight Angel' is my personal favorite, 'Deprive' was great too.'Cloud' is a piece of pure beauty. It looks like something aspiring anime artists should study. Hey, you're friends, it made me CRY.It had it all, comedy, horror, romance, and the apocalyptic wars the Japanese are so good at depicting. The music and fashion style is very 80's, but that actually adds to the fun. Again, Brilliant! This belongs in any anime buff's collection.

This remains one of the best Anime feature films I've ever seen, and, in a stroke of great luck, was also the first Anime feature film I ever saw. While a little (well, a lot) on the artsy side at times, Robot Carnival is a great example of the reckless imagination and superb craftsmanship that Japanese animation at its best is known for. Unfortunately, it's also an example of a kind of film that is becoming very rare in the anime world today. Robot Carnival mops the floor with the ever spreading hordes of Dating Game adaptations/Merchandizing tie-ins that are never the less dominating the industry. Robot Carnival ought to be one of the most well known Anime in the world, not the obscure relic of hardcore geeks that it seems in danger of becoming. If you see a copy of this, buy it on the spot and see what animated film making ought to be.

ROBOT CARNIVAL is a breath of fresh air from the bloated, overdone, exploitative sagas Anime is known for and presents us instead with a series of short films which have nothing to do with each other except that they all star robots. I especially like the intro with the mechanized carnival running over the village...heh heh heh. Very nice, well-animated and leaves a lasting impression on the veiwer. A must-have for anyone who likes Japanese animation or the very curious.

eight stories from japanese anime directors. they all show off their talent through mini movies. when i first saw this, i thought it was something i would like to do when i get older. now, i'm 18, and creating my own anime comics and mini movies. my personal favorites are "Starlight Angel" "Deprive" "Presence" and "A Tale of Two Robots" see this if you want to get into anime directors heads